The soldiers of the Zhao army were homesick and did not stay in Hedong for a long time. After the wounded soldiers were almost recovered, Zhao Kuo raised his troops and returned to Handan.
Seeing the Zhao army leaving, everyone in the Wei state breathed a sigh of relief. Although the two countries were allies, the other party's army of hundreds of thousands was placed next to them, so they still couldn't help but be on tenterhooks.
If Zhao State directly turned against them, Wei's troops would have no ability to resist, and Wei State would lose at least two counties in Hedong and Hanoi, and even the entire Wei State would be in danger of overthrowing.
Fortunately, Zhao Guo did not do this.
The King of Wei led the ministers of civil and military affairs to personally deliver Zhao Kuo to a pavilion ten miles away. Before leaving, he bowed to Zhao Kuo and said sincerely: "After King Zhao returns, he must tell his brother Zhong that nothing will happen to him."
When the time comes, go back to the Kingdom of Wei to see me."
King Wei's eyes were a little red and his back was a little stooped. When he said this, King Wei was not King Wei, he was just an elder brother who missed his younger brother.
"Don't worry, King Wei. I will definitely bring your words to Lord Xinling." Zhao Kuo promised, and he cursed in his heart: If you can keep doing this, Lord Xinling will not be forced to stay in Zhao Kingdom.
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"The King of Wei is really contradictory." After the army set off, Xunzi shook his head and sighed.
"How do you say it?" Lu Zhonglian asked.
"When Mr. Wei is around, he is worried about threatening his position. When Mr. Wei is not around, he misses him. He likes talents and treats virtuous officers, but he does not cherish talents. At that time, he was bound by gold and silk and hired Kong Bin as the prime minister. After Kong Bin arrived,
He went to the outskirts to greet him in person, as if he was a wise king. However, he later refused to adopt any of Kong Bin's opinions. Kong Bin resigned after serving as the Prime Minister of Wei for nine months. "
"Whether the king led the army to attack Qin or General Lecheng helped Wei train cavalry, the King of Wei showed enough respect and even directly gave General Lecheng a fief. Such a monarch, for the sake of a few cities,
He agreed to the execution of an important official like Fan Zuo by the State of Zhao, and cut off his own arms, making him a coward."
"Such things are concentrated in one person, so I say that the king of Wei is in conflict." Xunzi said.
When people are confused, many wise kings continue to do all kinds of weird things when they get old, and they are even more stupid than stupid kings. But King Wei obviously has not reached this age, and he started it many years ago, when he was still very young.
Qi State sold Tian Dan to Zhao State, which Xunzi could barely understand. After all, Tian Dan was a truly powerful master and a member of the clan, so it was normal for the King of Qi to be worried.
But Fan Zuo did not have the most outstanding achievements, nor was he a member of the royal family. King Wei wanted to kill Fan Zuo because Zhao had given him hundreds of miles of land in exchange. Xunzi really couldn't understand it.
That is to say, he failed to kill him and was saved by Lord Xinling, otherwise no scholars in the world would enter Wei in the future.
"When ability is not worthy of ambition, you will be like King Wei, sometimes full of ambition and extremely wise. But this state cannot last long, and you will be defeated by the bad reality, and because you are vulnerable
My ability cannot change all this, so I can only choose to give up. Then after a while, I regain my confidence, be full of ambition, and vow to start changing. After a while, I give up again, and so on."
"If the King of Wei is capable of changing the situation in Wei, he will not worry about Wei Wuji threatening him. At that time, he will become a good brother that everyone admires. Likewise, he will not do anything to build a few cities.
, betraying his ministers. Since he was a child, the Wei State has been continuously weakening and losing land. He is too persistent in opening up and expanding the territory. But then again, if this is the case, Wei Wuji will not be able to go to the Zhao State.
." At the end of the sentence, Zhao Kuo showed a smile on his face.
Wei Wuji was so capable that he knew everything from military affairs to state governance, as well as from hundreds of schools of thought to strategy and politics. Zhao Kuo did not make any mistakes after handing over the Kingdom of Zhao to him.
The State of Zhao is also full of talents, but no one can be found who is more versatile than Wei Wuji. Now that Wei Wuji is still in his prime and is being reused in the State of Zhao, he will definitely not die in depression like in history and continue to shine for decades.
No problem.
The only pity is that Wei Wuji is the son of the Wei State after all, and his heart is still with the Wei State.
"Ability is not worthy of ambition." Xunzi recited it twice, and suddenly found that this sentence was suitable for describing most foolish and mediocre kings.
Not many monarchs are willing to be ignorant, especially in troubled times. Who doesn't want to govern the country to be extremely powerful and receive the respect of the people across the country and even future generations.
But the vast majority of people don't have this ability. When they find that they can't change anything, they will give up completely and choose to lie down.
Being a wise king is far more difficult than being a foolish king.
"The King of Wei is also a poor man." Han Fei sighed.
"In troubled times, who is not a poor person?" Xunzi said.
"Sir, that's right." Han Fei was stunned and said bitterly.
The King of Wei is a pitiful person, so why are Wei Wuji and these two guys who have no choice but to leave their motherland not pitiful people?
"That's good, at least it poses no threat to our country, Zhao." Huang Shigong said with a smile.
In the world today, the biggest threats to Zhao are Qin and Chu. The other four countries are not strong and their monarchs are average.
Only the states of Qin and Chu have strong national power and wise monarchs. Needless to say, King Ji of Qin, as for King Wan of Chu, except for being a little courageous in the face of Qin, he performed very well in other aspects and was quite impressive.
A wise act.
"After returning this time, I, the State of Zhao, will have to start some things." Gongsun Long looked at Zhao Kuo.
"It's time to get started, but this matter is not urgent. We still need to perfect it together so that there can be no mistakes." Zhao Kuo looked at the mountains in the distance with a calm expression.
"This should be the last great turmoil for our Zhao country. From now on, we can develop with peace of mind." Xunzi said with a smile.
"Not bad." Zhao Kuo nodded.
Zhao Jun traveled eastward and stopped for a few days when passing by Shangdang.
General Feng Ting managed the Shangdang very well. Although he did not pick up things on the road, Zhao Kuo did not see any common people with food, which shows that everyone can still eat enough, which is very good.
Zhao Kuo did not suspect that Feng Ting specially found some common people from relatively wealthy families to come to the lake to seduce him.
On the one hand, scholars during the Warring States Period disdained this. If they felt that they were not capable enough, or that the monarch was not good enough to realize their ambitions, they would take the initiative to resign.
On the other hand, the vast tracts of millet and rice fields along the way cannot be faked. As long as it doesn’t rain heavily during the autumn harvest, there will no doubt be a bumper harvest this year.
It's just that Shangdang's population is a bit small, which seriously restricts Shangdang's development.
Shangdang is located in the Taihang Mountains, most of which are in mountainous areas. The population was originally not very large. During the Battle of Changping, most of the people moved to Zhao State. Although some people moved back later, they were far less than before.
Because it was developed early, Shangdang's agriculture is not bad, but there is still a big gap compared with the Central Plains. However, Shangdang's strategic position is very important, guarding the gate to the west of Zhao State.
If there is not enough population to support it, it will be difficult to form a complete defense. This time, half of the 40,000 households in Wei will join the Shangdang.